May UA Graduate Receives Prestigious Fellowship
Shermeen Bashir Memon of Tuscaloosa, a University of Alabama May graduate, has been awarded a top fellowship from Alpha Lambda Delta national academic honor society for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Virtual Reality Brings Flat Images Into 3-D Focus for UA Geology Students
Imagine a world where maps no longer lay flat and lifeless on a desk, but instead appear in three-dimensional clarity while “floating” in the center of the room.
Singleton Named Dean of UA College of Communication and Information Sciences
Dr. Loy Singleton has been named dean of The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.
If A Frog Had Pockets
If anyone or anything ever needed a champion to take up its cause, it was the lowly chytrid. Not so long ago, the microscopic fungus was relatively unknown, unloved and, although it didn’t seem to impact the tiny organism’s psyche, generally regarded as unimportant. And this dismissive approach was coming from many mycologists, those botanists who specifically study fungi.
UA Professor Researches Women’s Health Risks When Dating
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, University of Alabama assistant professor of criminal justice, is researching the health risks that women over the age of 35 take when they start dating after the breakup of a long-term relationship.
National Security Exchange Fellowship Awarded to UA Student
University of Alabama student Ava Giana Leone of Ashville has been awarded a National Security Exchange Program Boren Graduate Fellowship.
UA Faculty Member Named Outstanding Dietician
Dr. Alvin Niuh, instructor of human nutrition and hospitality management at The University of Alabama, has received the Outstanding Dietitian Award from the Tuscaloosa Dietetic Association.
Holt High Student Selected 2006 Youth Leadership Summit Scholar by UA GEAR UP
Broderick Ryans, a junior at Holt High School, has been selected as a 2006 Youth Leadership Summit Scholar by The University of Alabama GEAR UP project.
Local Students Participate in GEAR UP Summer Program at UA
The University of Alabama GEAR UP Program’s annual Summer Enrichment Academy for students from Davis-Emerson Middle School and Holt High School is under way on the UA campus.
Local Designer Completes Interim Course at UA
After nearly 30 years as a successful interior design consultant in Tuscaloosa, one would think Ashley Garrison would not have anything else to learn. But after speaking to a University of Alabama student group, she seized an opportunity to return to the classroom to learn about the art of hand-drawn interior rendering.